Merian Metamorphosis

Here are some remarkable hand-colored, engraved plates by naturalist Maria Sybilla Merian. They depict plant and animal life of Surinam. Insects were her particular specialty. In April, the William Doyle Galleries in New York sold a disbound copy of Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium containing 50 of the 72 original plates.

Maria Sybilla Merian, from Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium, 1705, Third Edition of 1730

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Maria Sybilla Merian, from Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium, 1705, Third Edition of 1730

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Maria Sybilla Merian, from Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium, 1705, Third Edition of 1730

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Maria Sybilla Merian, from Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium, 1705, Third Edition of 1730

http://www.doylenewyork.com/asp/fullcatalogue.asp?salelot=13BP01+++253+&refno=++942987&image=0

Maria Sybilla Merian, from Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium, 1705, Third Edition of 1730

http://www.doylenewyork.com/asp/fullcatalogue.asp?salelot=13BP01+++253+&refno=++942987&image=0

Note:  More naturalist works can be seen in my post on Cabinets of Curiosities here.

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